Cheirodontops

Cheirodontops

Cheirodontops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Cheirodontops
Schultz, 1944[2]
Species:
C. geayi
Binomial name
Cheirodontops geayi
Schultz, 1944[2]

Cheirodontops is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae.[2] The only species in this genus is Cheirodontops geayi, a characin, which is endemic to the basin of the Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela.[3] This small fish has a fusiform body shape and attains a maximum standard length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in).[4] The genus name, Cheirodontops, suffixes the genus name Cheirodon with ops, which means "eye" or "face" and is an allusion to the similarity of this taxon to other fishes in the subfamily Cheirodontinae, although this species has a complete lateral line. The specific name, geayi, honours the French pharmacist and naturalist Martin François Geay who wrote a book on the fishes of the Orinoco, "Pêches dans les Affluentes de l'Orinoque", published in 1896–1897.[5]

References

  1. ^ Usma, S.; Villa-Navarro, F.; DoNascimiento, CD; et al. (2022). "Cheirodontops geayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T175961263A175961273. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T175961263A175961273.en. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cheirodontops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cheirodontops geayi". FishBase. April 2025 version.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf (31 August 2025). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily CHEIRODONTINAE Eigenmann 1915 (Cheirodontines)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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